According to an annual survey by Wall Street recruiting firm
Options
Group, total compensation for equities professionals in
the US will be up 9% from last year on average.

The survey takes in the views of the top 25% of performers at the
top 10 firms in each business line. They are asked what they
expect to earn for 2015, which includes their base salary through
2015 and the bonus paid out in early 2016 for work through 2015.

That means there are some caveats to the numbers, which only take
in the views of the top performers, and could be overly
optimistic or pessimistic on bonus payouts.